The Teaching of the LORD

There are many questions that we as believers need to answer in regards to our understanding of the holy days of the LORD. As believers in Jesus Christ (in Hebrew His name is Yeshua) we are told in the New Testament that "ALL Scripture is breathed by God and profitable for teaching, for correction,for setting straight, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God might be fitted, equipped for every good work". (1 Timothy 3:16-17)
This passage says ALL SCRIPTURE, which includes the "Old Testament", as we have come to call it. Jesus would have called it the Tanach, which is the book containing the Torah ( Law), the major and minor prophets, the books of history, and the writings, which would include the Psalms and Proverbs.

Another point to remember here would be that when Timothy spoke about all scripture being profitable, there was no such thing as a New Testament. It had not yet been penned. He was speaking to believers here about the "Old Testament, or more acurately termed Hebrew Covenant", the only scripture available to all men. Obviously the Law was included in his description, and was deemed very important not to forsake.

Even Jesus Himself told His followers, "Do NOT think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy, but to complete. For truly I say to you, until the heaven and the earth pass away, one jot nor one tittle shall by no means pass from the Law till all be done. " Matt. 5:18 (A jot is the name for the smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet, and a tittle is also used in the Hebrew alphabet as well.) Jesus goes on to say that if a person breaks even the least of the commandments in the Law, and also teaches men to break them, that this person will be least in the kingdom of heaven, but that whoever does the commandments written in the Law, that person shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
"Whoever, then, breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of the heavens; but whoever does, and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of the heavens". Matt. 5:19
It must be clarified here that the word Law is the Hebrew word TORAH, and the definition of torah is "the teaching and instruction of God"
It becomes very apparent from the words of Jesus, that His people, those who believe in Him, and follow Him, are NOT to forsake the Law. Jesus came to teach a redeemed people how to actually walk correctly, according to the Torah ( Law). Teaching is the very essence of Torah.

There has been great deception in the Body of Christ. The enemy of our souls, has destroyed all that which is good, and we have fallen victim to the wiles of the enemy. The Teaching of the LORD has not been done away with. The LORD GOD told His people that He was going to send someone to them to teach them His ways, and that they were to listen to His words.
"And the LORD said to me, 'What they have spoken is good. I shall raise up for them a PROPHET like you, out of the midst of their brothers. And I shall put my Words in HIS mouth, and HE shall speak to them all that I command Him. And it shall be, the man who does not listen to MY WORDS which HE shall speak in My Name, I require it of him.'" (Deut. 18:18)

Jesus came to teach us the very Words of God. The Words of God are His Torah, His teaching and instruction for all men. The Words of Jesus are excellent Words. They are Words of Life,(Deut. 32:46-47) but we must have an understanding of who we are in Him. We must know that God has chosen us from the foundations of the earth . We must know that we are His people, a people he called to be His very own possession, and promised that we would be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation unto Him. (Exodus 19:5-6, 1 Peter 2:9)
We must know that we are the Israel of God (Gal.6:16; 3:29)

If we fail to see who we are in the Lord, if we are deceived into thinking that the promises were not for us, than we are missing out on the restoration of all things. He has called us for such a time as this, a time to return to His teaching, His Torah.
In the coming weeks we will be studying The Pillars Of The Faith. Look for these upcoming topics and more:
What is the Sabbath, and who was it given to?
What is the Torah?
Who is this People Israel?
What are the Two Houses of Israel?
Why should I, as a believer in Jesus, celebrate the Feasts of the LORD?
Who is the Bride of Christ?

Begin now to prepare your heart to receive the Truth of HIS WORD. Ask the LORD to safeguard your heart from the wiles of the enemy. Jesus came to lead us into ALL Truth, and teach us the TEACHING OF YAHWEH.